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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 14:10:57 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygapp <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: ash stdin mode is set to O_TEXT
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In-Reply-To: <004501c0cb24$3f111840$0200a8c0@lifelesswks>; from robert.collins@itdomain.com.au on Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 10:03:28PM +1000

On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 10:03:28PM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Corinna Vinschen" <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com>
> >
> > That's really tricky:
> >
> > sh < foo O_TEXT?
> > cat foo | sh O_BINARY?
> 
> That looks correct to me. I had some trouble with awk a while back that
> I haven't gotten around to fixing... and its the same difference. I
> don't know whether it's up to the shell to set the input and output
> types and let the app override, or whether it's just the apps problem...

Only the app knows how it wants it's input so it has to care.
A shell wants text, so it sets stdin to O_TEXT.

Corinna